Admit it, you know you're better than [insert name]

I'm comfortable admitting to you that I'm mildly funny, and even if I'm wrong about that, I'm confident that I'm funnier than Pauly Shore. That's not admitting much, but in terms of my comedic skills I'm willing to go out on a ledge and suggest that I may be funnier than Adam Sandler.

I've since been thinking about how my humble musical skills match up with the pros. Excluding Sid Vicious, how far out on a ledge am I willing to go in admitting that I think I'm a better musician (amateur guitarist/songwriter, specifically, in my case) than someone well known? In all fairness, I will not claim to be "better" than any artists whose music I despise yet acknowledge displays superior skills. I am not willing to admit that I'm better than anyone in Journey, for instance. Musically better, that is.

As a guitarist, I am comfortable admitting to you that I'm - at the top of my game - "capable of playing within my means." I'm confidant that I'm a better guitarist than anyone in The Shaggs. That's not admitting much, but in terms of my guitar skills, I wonder if I'm technically better than one of my heroes, Joe Strummer. As a guitarist, I must stress!

How about you? Admit it: regardless of your instrument and your level of skill, what's the furthest out you'll go in suggesting that you top the musicianship of a well-known musician? Is there some musician more accomplished than a musical Pauly Shore that you think you can edge out in terms of talent?

If you're going to answer this hard-hitting question, please don't cop out on us. Admit it.